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Katarina build, with receipts

Mid · Items from patches 26.1-26.12

Banned in 11.1% of 1,102,922 ranked games

Most-played choices

What most players pick in each slot.

Most finished three-item core

Lich Bane then Shadowflame then Zhonya's Hourglass

54.7% · 5,566 games

Win rates count the games where the item set got finished - the receipt for the completed build.

Most-played starting items

Dark Seal + Refillable Potion

16,044 games

First finished item

Hextech Gunblade

22,295 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Ignite

71,628 games

Level 1 skill and first max

Q at level 1

76,562 games

Max Q first

70,491 games

Most-played rune page

Electrocute — Domination: Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos, Relentless Hunter + Precision: Coup de Grace, Triumph; Adaptive force / Adaptive force / Health scaling

23,440 games

Full comparisons

Cores, first items, boots and starting items

The finished core

  • Lich Bane then Shadowflame then Zhonya's Hourglass: 54.7% · 5,566 games
  • Hextech Gunblade then Shadowflame then Zhonya's Hourglass: 52.4% · 4,022 games
  • Kraken Slayer then Blade of The Ruined King then Terminus: 59.8% · 3,901 games
  • Lich Bane then Shadowflame then Rabadon's Deathcap: 59.2% · 2,598 games
  • Hextech Gunblade then Nashor's Tooth then Shadowflame: 57.6% · 1,777 games

First finished item

  • Hextech Gunblade: 49.7% · 22,295 games
  • Lich Bane: 52.5% · 16,377 games
  • Kraken Slayer: 51.1% · 9,686 games
  • Nashor's Tooth: 50.0% · 2,356 games

Boots

  • Sorcerer's Shoes: 52.0% · 34,140 games
  • Mercury's Treads: 50.0% · 8,198 games
  • Plated Steelcaps: 52.8% · 4,377 games

Starting shop

  • Dark Seal + Refillable Potion: 51.7% · 16,044 games
  • Doran's Blade + Health Potion: 50.7% · 13,942 games
  • Doran's Shield + Health Potion: 48.9% · 10,114 games
Runes, shards and summoner spells

Most played full page

Electrocute — Domination: Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos, Relentless Hunter + Precision: Coup de Grace, Triumph; Adaptive force / Adaptive force / Health scaling. 50.3% · 23,440 games.

Runes

  • Electrocute: 51.1% · 42,226 games
  • Conqueror: 50.3% · 31,473 games
  • Dark Harvest: 50.1% · 3,888 games
  • Lethal Tempo: 46.6% · 251 games

Rune trees

  • Domination + Precision: 50.9% · 39,782 games
  • Precision + Domination: 49.8% · 20,947 games
  • Precision + Resolve: 51.3% · 10,139 games

Stat shards

  • Adaptive force / Adaptive force / Health scaling: 50.2% · 56,982 games
  • Adaptive force / Adaptive force / Health: 52.3% · 14,631 games

Summoner spells

  • Flash + Ignite: 50.8% · 71,628 games
  • Flash + Teleport: 48.4% · 4,077 games
  • Teleport + Ignite: 50.5% · 855 games
Level 1 skill and first max
  • Q at level 1: 50.7% · 76,562 games
  • E at level 1: 52.2% · 1,631 games
  • W at level 1: 55.4% · 65 games
  • Max Q first: 50.6% · 70,491 games
  • Max E first: 52.8% · 6,744 games